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Open Access Publishing Agreements: Institute of Physics

Discover the current open access publishing agreements in place, allowing options for publishing research open access at no cost to the author.

Agreement details

The IReL-IOP agreement allows eligible corresponding authors in participating institutions to publish original research and review articles open access upon publication at no extra cost
Agreement period: 1 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2024.
OA quota: unlimited.

UPDATE (6th December): IReL is currently in negotiations with the publisher for the new agreement from 2025:
This page will be updated once negotiations are finalised and a new agreement is in place.

What journals are included?

See List A, B and C on this page (subscription journals which include open access content).
See also the list of eligible journals in all IReL OA agreements.

Instructions for authors

Eligible authors: the corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of a participating institution at the time the article is accepted for publication. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher at this time.

Eligible article types: papers, special issue papers, reviews and letters.

OA publishing license: CC-BY.